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I The Garland Globe
f Published Every Saturday at
GARLAND UTAH
Tarma of Subscription:
One year (In advance) 1.50
Six months 75
Three rnontha 60
Advertising rates furnished on ap
plication. J. A. Wlxom Kdltor and Manager
UTAH STATE NEWS
The town of Richfield In to have ce
ment sidewalks, the coat to be about
16 cents per square foot.
Prank Pierce of Salt Lake la to be
retainer! ah assistant secretary of the
Interior, according to the latest re-
' ports.
Chief Forester Clifford Plnchot will
' be In Ogden March 23, for the purKse
of inspecting the forestry work In
v this district.
i Henry Brown of Koosharem Is re-
I ported to be recovering from Injuries
F sustained some time ago, when a
f horse fell on him.
It is probable that President Taft
will attend the national encampment
I of the G. A. R. to be held in Salt Uko
City, August 9 to 14.
It Is stated by wool buyers that
from 86 to 90 per cent of the Utah
I wool clip lias already been contract
ed for at from 17 to 22 cants.
L. D. Wilbur, a machinist employed
tn the Southern Pacific shops at. Og-
I den, is dead as the result of a heavy
1 steel beam falling upon him.
m Through the efforta of the Weber
club, the prospects for the early erec-
I tlon of a Y. M. C. A. club house In i ':'
' den will probably be soon assured
The railroad between Ogden and
i Plain City, passing through Farr
i West, Harrlsvllle and other prosper-
I ous communities, is now a certainty.
I Within a short time there is a prob
ability of a large woolen mill be
ing erected In Ogden for the manu
l facture of blankets and other woolen
Articles.
j Oeorge and Frank Taylor, the ne-
groes who pleaded guilty to burglarlz-
f tng a dwelling house at Tucker, have
I been sentenced to serve ten months
In the state prison.
Mary Ann Frier Smith, wife of Pa
trlarch William J. Smith, and one of
I Utah's pioneers, died at her home In
I 8alt Luke City on March 9th. Mrs.
! binith came to Utah In 1849
Governor Spry on Thursday of last
week granted a reprieve to Thomas
Vance, the Salt Lake man who was to
have been executed on Friday. March
12, for the murder of his wife.
Daniel P. Oavln has been placed
under arrest in Salt Ijike City on
the charge of attacking his divorced
wife on the street"!, knocking her
aensejesu and badly beating her.
The report of Salt Ijike county's
' commissioners for the poor shows
that during the month of February
the pauper department rendered as
sistance to 3G7 different families, or
1,129 persons, at a coat to the county
of $3,165.40.
Among the many pleasing feature
of the Old Folks' day celebration at
Draper was the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth
. of Father OBborne. a resident of that
town, and bald to be the oldest person
In the state of Utah.
While ut work In the Southern Pa
cific shops at Ogden, L. C. Wllver suf
fered injuries by being crushed by a
falling steel beam, which may reBtilt
fatally The heavy beam fell at least
i thirty feet und struck the unfortunate
man squarely on the back.
Already over $2,000 has been ralsod
ly the committee in charge of the
sheep exhibit, which will be held In
Ogden next Janaury In connection
with the convention of National Wool
growers, to be hung up as premiums
for the beBt stock exhibited.
That Hugh Meyers, the youthful
Cripple, who came to Suit I.ake from
Park City In company with "Boston
Joe" und Phil Mann, waB implicated
in the murder of John C. Barnett, who
was found dead In a Salt Lake room
ing house, Is the opinion of the cor
oner's Jury.
James K. Gillespie, dean of Utah
real estate men, died at St. Luke's
hospital, tn Chicago, at an early hour
Thursday morning, March 11. follow
lug an exploratory operation for can
cer of the stomach. Mr. Gillespie en
tend the real estate business In Salt
Lake City in 1878.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Utah Manufacturers' association lust
week, a scheme which had been work
ed upon some time to give an Indus
trial fair In the chamber of commerco
building from April 2 to April 10. dm
lug the period of the semi annual con
ference, waa approved.
John McAvanle, an employe ol the
Daly Judge mine at Park City, mi i
with a painful accident last week,
which made It necessary for him to
huve three fingers of the left hand
amputated. McAvanle was working
tn the carpenter shop and had his
bund caught In a ssw.
Dr. James B. Talmage Is to be the
president of the organization which
will be known us the Utah Health
i.eague, which hus been organized lu
Salt Lake City as a result of a move
ment started some weeks ago In re
sponse to the call ot boom Ol the
physicians of the state.
Until Ogden City and the Ogden
Rapid Transit company "get to-
, gcther" on the different is existing
f over the franchise desired by the
I company ou Wall avenue, plana for
V BH city extensions of the company
WH be temporarily abandoned, ac
l cording to lateat reports.
CANNON WILL HANDLE " j
GAVEL ANOTHER TERM'
"Uncle Joe" Salected for the Fourth
Time aa Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
Washington. For the fourth time
the honor of presiding over the na
tional house of representatives has
come to Joseph G. Cannon or Illi
nois. "Uncle Joe" having been seleet
ed as speaker of the house at a cau
cus held Saturday night. March 13.
The vote for Cannon as candidate for
speaker was not unanimous. Out of
180 votes cast Mr. Cannon received
102 Mr. Cannon did not vote, and
Mr SturglBS of West Virginia arrived
too late for the roll call. Following
JOSEPH Q. CANNON.
the nomination of Mr. Cannon. Mr.
Steenerson of Minnesota named Mr.
Tawney for speaker. Mr. Reeder of
Kansas placed In nomination Mr.
Smith of Iowa, and Mr. Howland of
Ohio named Mr. Kelfer. The roll call
resulted:
Cannon, 1C2; Smith, 10; Tawney, 7;
Kelfer, 5; Representative Crum
packer of Indiana, 1, and Representa
tive Magttire of Oklahoma, 1.
HAS MADE GOOD SHOWING.
Cuba at Laat Seems Capable of Self
Government. Havana. While the first month In
the life of the restored Cuban repub
lic has not been ine of achievement,
it has at least not been marked bv
any Incident calculated to confirm the
prediction that the experiment of Cu
baa self-government was destined to a
speedy fullure. On the other hand,
the government of General Gomez has
still to present assurances of Its
ability wisely anil firmly to direct tho
destinies of the Island. Cubans of all
parties seem for the time being de
termined to forget their political dif
ferences and pull together to avoid
Another American Intervention.
At the close of the provisional gov
eminent, one of the most prominent
Americans expressed the fear that the
Gomez administration would collapse
within three months; but he added
that if it survived it probably would
endure Indefinitely.
Attempting to Prevent Strike.
Philadelphia The members of
three anthracite district executive
boards of the Miners' union met here
,8at unlay and derided to hold a trl
district convention of the miners ol
Scranton, Pa., March 23. This conven
tlon will receive report of the full set
tlement committee which met tin
operators here, and will adopt plans
for making further efforts to ohtalr
from the coal companies a new agree
tnent to take the place of the present
working agreement, which expires
March 31.
Japanese Squadron Coming.
Yokohama. The Japanese naval
training squadron, consisting of the
armored cruiser Aso and the protect
ed cruiser, 8oya. sailed Sunday for
Honolulu, under command of Captain
Isejl. The ships carry 180 cadets of
the Japanese navy. The squadron s
due to arrive at Honolulu about April
1 and will then proceed to San Fran
Cisco, cruising northward later alon
the Pacific coast to Seattle. The As -and
Soya, as the Ilavan and Varlng
respectively, were formerly Russia!'
cruisers, captured by the Japanese
dining the recent war.
Steamers Collide and Twenty Mer
Are Drowned.
Rotterdam. The Norwelglan
steamer Mascot, for Sunderland, col
lided on Sunday with the Oermtn
ship Margretha lqulque, for Hamburg,
about twenty miles west of the Mans
lightship. The Margretha sank al
most Immediately, twenty of the crew
being drowned. The six remaining
members of the crew were saved. The
Mascot returned here with a big bole
In her bow. The Margretha was
riuiiii muled by Captain Woelhre She
was 2,000 tons burden.
Attornsy'a Home Dynamited.
Martinsville, lnd The home ol
Charles O. Renner, attorney for the
Antlsaloon league, was partially
wrecked by dynamite at midnight
Bunday. The steps were shattered and
the porch was broken Into many
pieces. A number of windows were
broken. Mr. and Mrs. Renner, awak
ened by the exploBlon, hastened to
the library, to find that room filled
with smoke. Mr. Renner said he be
lieved the dynamiters only wished to
warn him to cease his activity against
the saloons.
BE TROOPSHIP
RUNS ON REEF
Transport Logan Goes Ashore in
Honolulu Harbor While Trying
to Back Into Slip.
Was In No Great Danger, and Foreign
Veaaela Rendered All Aid In Thalr
Power to Boat Used to Carry
Uncle Sam'i Soldiers.
Honolulu The United States army
transport Logan went ashore Satur
day night In this hnrbor while ma
neverlng to back Into her slip. The
big troopship stopped with twenty
five feet of her bow resting on a reef
on the south side of the narrow har
bor, Just opposite the slip.
The Ixigan had entered the harbor
and was maneuvering to back Into
her slip at 8 o'clock at night. Pilot
Milton N. Sanders was In charge. The
slip lies on the north side of the
harbor, which Is very narrow at that
point. The big ship swung around so
that she headed southward and ran
on to the reef on the south shore
There was no excitement among the
passengers and troops aboard when
the Jar came. The ship's officers at
once ascertained the extent of the
damage and found that no leak had
been started In the hull. As the po
sition was sheltered and the weather
culm, no other effort was made to
float her when it was found that she
could not free herself. The command
ers of the foreign vessels here lmme
dlately offered their assistance.
OKLAHOMA LAND FRAUDS.
Governor Haakell Wanta Indictments
Against Himself and Othera
Quashed.
Muskogee, Okla. Misconduct In the
federal grand Jury land investigation
Is charged by Governor Charles N.
Haskell In motions to quash the In
diet incuts charging him and other
prominent Oklahoma men with land
frauds.
Notice of tho motions was served
Sunday night ou Assistant United
States District Attorney Gregg.
The charge of misconduct Is made
against Special Assistant Attorney
General Sylvester Rush of Omaha, who
conducted the grand Jury Investiga
tions. It Is alleged that government
secret service operatives gave hearsay
testimony before the grand Juiy. that
Important testimony was suppressed,
but the government denied the jury's
request for certain testimony, that
witnesses were coerced and held In
subjection and that Rush told the jury
Indictments should be returned for tho
reason the government wanted It done.
FORMAL ACTION FILED.
Former State Treasurer of Utah
Charged With Misappropriation of
Funda.
Salt Lake City James Christian
sen, former state treasurer, has been
formally hcarged In two Beparate
complaints with having appropriated
to his own use sums totaling $70.
628.94, rightfully belonging to the
state of Utah, and he Is now out on
ball, with Instrutclons o hold himself
in readiness to appear In court for ar
raignment at a time to be later set
by the court. Tho complaints against
Mr. Christ lansen were drawn up by
County Attorney Job C. Lyon, and
were sworn to by State Auditor Jesse
D. Jewkes. The first one charges him
with appropriating illegully to his own
use the sum paid over to him on May
26, 1908, by Mrs. Julia A. Kimball as
an Inheritance tax; the second com
plaint charges him with the defalca
tion of 160,000 paid over to him on
January 2, 1909. Just a few days he
fore his term of office expired, by the
treasurer of Salt Lake county.
GENERAL PALMER DEAD.
Soldier. Railroad Builder and Philan
thropist Called to Hia Reward.
Colorado Springs, Colo. General
William J. Palmer, founder of Colorado
Springs, died at IiIb country seat. Glen
Eyrie, west of the city, at 1 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. Death came as
a result of a fall from a horse In Oc
tober. 1906, which resulted in breaking
his back. General Buhner has often
been called the foremost citizen of
Colorado. He leaves an estate valued
at 111,000,000
General Palmer was distinguished
as a soldier In the civil war, but his
greatest fame came as a railroad
builder.
Generul Palmer has been Justly
called "the father of Colorado
Springs." the city being Indebted to
him for not only its very existence,
primarily, but the fact that It Is one
of the cleanest and most beautiful
cities of the west. The broad, well
paved streets, lined with magnificent
shade trees; the Antlers' hotel, and
the thousand und one modern build
ings and Improvements, combine to
make an everlasting monument to the
memory of the ona man who. most of
all, was responsible for them.
Killed His Wlfo and Daughter.
Cheyenne, Wyo. Posey Ryan, a
rancher and freighter of Fort Ijira
mle, shot and killed his wife and
daughter while the women were eat
ing dinner in a local restaurant. Mrs.
Ryan and her daughter came to
Cheyenne und commenced suit lor di
vorce from Ryan. Ryun wulked quiet
ly Intu the restaurant and, without
warning, put a bullet through his
wife's head and then shut his daugh
ter. He made no resistance to arrest
and told the police that he expected
to hang.
FORMER UTAH TREASURER I
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS
Accused Official Admits Shortage of
Over $70,000, Which Bondsmen
Will Refund to State
Salt Lake City According to infor
mation made public Thursday night,
James Christiansen, former treasurer
of the state of Utah, who retired from
office January 1 of the present year.
Is short In his acounts tn the amount
or 170,628.94.
This shortage will be made good by
his bondsmen and vhe state will lose
nothing.
The discovery of the defalcation
ciuties as the result of an Investiga
tion of the state's acountB made by
the state board of examiners.
A peculiarity In the figures ahown
upon the books of Auditor Jewkes
first aroused the shsplclon of the offi
clals. Salt Lake county was charged
with 1168,000. while the credit to the
Btate was only $116,000. The books of
the treasurer, on tno other hand,
showed the credit of the full amount,
so that when they were turned over
to the present treasurer there ap
peared no discrepancy in Christian
sen's acounts.
For the $60,000 which had been paid
by the county to the state, Mr. Chris
Hansen had Issued a single receipt,
taken from the back of the receipt
liook, but had destroyed the duplicate
and triplicate, which, by law, he "was
required to preserve and enter.
A previous shortage of $10,628.94
had been covered up In the same man
ner. For the past three years Mr.
Christiansen has been engaged In min
ing in Chafey, Nevuda, in which oper
ations large sums oi money have been
expended without substantial returns
.lames Christiansen Is a former res
ident of Richfield, Sevier county, and
was In the banking business at the
time of his election to the state treas
urcrship four years ago last Novem
ber.
OHIO WILL CUT LITTLE FIGURE.
No Chairmanships for Buckeye States
men In Lower House.
Washington. For the first time in
a quarter of a century no Ohio con
grcssman will hold a house chairman
ship unless there Is a change in the
method of selecting committees
There are sixty-two committees in th
house and Ohio has twenty-one con
gressmen.
Iowa, which less than ten years age
had the speakership, the chairman
ship of the big committees on rules
Interstate und foreign commerce, pub
lie lands und in i lit ai affairs in addl
tion to two seats at the cabinet table
and the chairmanship of the senate
committee on appropriations, will be
left with the chairmanship of the
house comurlttee on military affairs at
the only important chairmanship to be
given her.
Indiana will have hut one chairman
ship, that of the census, but she will
have only two Republican members.
Two Cases Remain Against Standard
Oil Company.
Chicago. All the criminal prosecu
tlons against the Standard OH com
pany of Inudlana pending In the north
ern district of Illinois, with the execp
tlon of two cases, have been aband
oned by the government as the result
nf Judge Anderson's decision, It was
announced Thursday. The two lases
which may still he pushed are those
Involving all shipments from Whiilng
Indiana, to Evunsvlllc, Indiana, nvet
'he Chicago ft Eastern Illinois rail
road by way of Dolton Junction, llil
nols. The most the government could
hope for in these cuses Is a fine of
$1,000,000.
Possibility of Bread Famine.
F.l Paso, Teas Mexico will de
clare off wheat duti's by April 1 In or
ler to prevent a bread famine. accord
Ing to customs officials here For 'v
ral years past Mexico has had to sus
pend the ilu'v on wheal each spring
on account of the short ace In that
viuntry. Wheal now costs $:i.fin Ilea?
ran money per bu-'i 1 In .Mexico Cliy.
a Inn Imported f tun the United
Elates, and the home crop is exhaust
ed. American wheat at the hordes
now costs $1 2S a bushel, anil with a
luty of 2 cents en'd a bir'hol. and
tn additional freight rate to Mexico
City, the price Is exorhliant.
Ball Players to Make Trip Around
the World.
Chicauo- President Charlie A
!"omlBkey of the Chicago American
League club has announced that he
vlll take his baseball team a-oitnd tht-
world after Ike season of 1911 is fin
shed. The start will be male from
an Francisco about October 15, 1911.
The trip of the a'1-Amorlcan hisc'tnll
lub to Jaian, China, the "' lllpplne
mil Hawaii laat winter, led Comis' ey
o think th it I trip around the world
(vouM be I success In 1906 Comlskey
ook his team to the City of Mexico
for Its spring training.
Of Interest to Laborers.
Washlng'ot.. The American Feder
ation of labor hereafter may freely
refer to tho boycott against the Huek
Stove ft Range company of St Louis,
except by Inclusion In the "We Don't
Pal ionize" list This, In substance, of
widespread Importance to the labor
world, to manufacturers and to news
pipers generally, Is tho sweeping de
cision hunded down by the court of
t pponla of the District of Columbia In
Hie noted Injunction case of the lluck
Strove & Range company against the
i. me; loan Federation of Labor.
CENTnALAMERON
REPUBUCS AT WAR
Reported That Nicaraguan and Sal
vadorean Gunboats Engage in
Battle on High Seas.
Amerlca'e Representative in Nacar-
agua Ordered Back Home Because
of Failure of President Zelaya
to 8ettle the Emery Claim.
Mexico City. It Is persistently ru
mored here that war has broken oin
between Nicaragua and Salvador, am)
that there has been an engagement be
tween the Salvadorean gunboat Pros
Idente and the Nicaraguan gunboat
Momotombo. The result Is unknown.
The Mexican government Is without
official advices as to the truth of thest
rumors.
The Herald of Friday. March 12,
advocates annexation of the five Cen
tral American states by Mexico. Thn
general opinion here is that interven
tion Is Inevitable, and Mexico looks
to the United States to make the Ini
tial move.
Washington. Owing to the con
tinued disturbed cnodlttons In Nicu
ragua and President Zelaya's failure
to make serlouB efforts looking to tint
settlement of the Emery claim, the
state department on Friday, by with
drawing Mr. Gregory, the American
charge d'affaires at Managua, and or
dering the legation placed In th"
hands of the consul, who will have
no diplomatic capacity, practically
broke off diplomatic relations with
that country.
Affairs In Central America havii
been closely watched by the American
and Mexican governments, both o(
which have now come to an under
standing that the time has arrived
when drastic measures should be en
forced to Insure peace In the Central
American republics.
HARRIMAN STILL BUILDING.
Will Finish Road Which Will Be of
Great Benefit to Arizona.
Phoenix, Ariz. E. H. Harriman and
oarty, with their special train, were
here a few hours Friday afternoon
Mr. Harriman made one statement
encouraging to the southwest, at least,
when he nnnounced that the surveyed
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EDWARD H. HARRIMAN.
Railroad Magnate.
lino through the Gila River canyon,
between Wlnkelman und San Carlos,
would be constructed within the next
year. This section of road but a few
miles In length, Is very difficult to
build, and Is the only remaining gap
between 1'hoenlx and the Eastern lillu
valley, Globe and Northern lines. It
Is expected that the Arizona ft Cnll
tornla, from Parker to Bengal, will
be finished by that time, and with the
San Carlos and Wlnklemun gup filled.
Phoenix will be on the central Arizona
through line, operated jointly by the
Santa Fe and Southern Pacific under
agreement made when the latte;
bought the Phoenix ft Eastern of trs
former.
Secretary of the Interior Propoaes to
Poat Himself.
Washington During the coming
summer the new secretary of the lu
lerlor, Richard Halllnger. proposes
visiting various western states and
Alaska to acquaint hlniHelf through
personal observation and investigation
concerning land, timber and mineral
conditions, with n view to correcting
abuses which may exist, so that he
may make practical suggestions to
congress next fall for desirable legis
lation concerning western matters.
Secretary Ballrater wtri pay pariim
lar attention to Irrigation matters und
will visit all projects which are under
construction by the government.
Seven Burned to Death.
Pueblo, Mexico Seven persons
were burned to death In the town of
Kesurrecllon when the home of An
gustln Serrano was destroyed by an
Incendiary fire The theory of the po
lice Is that either murder was com
Bitted for the purpose of robbery be
lore the house was set afire, or thut
the victims were chloroformed and
left to their fate The victims lncluth
S'errino himself, his wife and thel'
'nfant child, which was found claspc1
Ifl Its mother's srms when the re
'rains were iHs-overcd In the ashes of
'he ruined dwelling.
TWO MEN .TOMBED I
All IN A UTAH MINE I
Prisoners Were Threatened With M
Death From Three Sources, Star- H
vation, Suffocation and H
Drowning. H
BMBJ
Salt 1-flkr City George and Jerry K
Peterson, brothers, who were en- H
tombed In St. Patrick's mine In
Hughes canyon at the lower end of B
Big Cottonwood, as a result of a cave- V
in of a tunnel of the mine on Monday H
afternoon, were rescued after fifty H
hours of heroic efforts upon the part 11
of the rescuers. H
The men were imprisoned about 300 H
feet from the mouth of the tunnel, and H
were threatened with death from H
three sides starvation, suffocation H
and drowning. H
In a statement made by one of the H
men after being rescued, he said: It H
was like having been In hell for fifty H
hours and then coming forth to be- H
hold the glories of heaven No man H
can understand our feelings while in H
that place, from which, for a time, we H
verily believed we would never H
emerge alive. It was like a person H
being placed in a tomb alive and left H
there to die, with the exception of the H
fact that some of the bravest and H
most loyal of men were constantly H
striving to rescue us. We never lost H
hope. Our one thought was to get
out, and we knew that sooner or later
we would. Thank (kd we nre out.
Not for a million dollars would we
go through such an experience again.
Roth of the imprisoned men were
married, and their wives remained
constantly at the scene of the accident
from the moment they became aware H
of thp accident until the men were
rescued. ' H
NOTORIOUS WOMAN DEAD.
Leader In Series of Atrooloua Mur-
dera Dies in Priaon. H
Iavenworth. Kan. Mrs Nnncy H
Wilson, generally known as Mrs. Staf- H
flebark, one of the most notorious-
woman prisoners In the Kansas penl- H
tentiary, died Tuesday of pneumonia. H
Mrs. StafTlelKtck was 79 years old. H
Mrs. Staffleback reall.ed her seri H
ous condition and asked that her H
son, George Stafl'leback. a lifetime
convict, and Charles Wilson, her seo- H
und husband, another convict, be H
brought to her bedside They were,. I
taken over by the prison officials and H
told I hey could remain until she died. H
Mrs. Stafflebuck was brought to the H
penitentiary to serve a twenty one- H
year sentence for murder in the sec- H
ond degree. At the time two of her H
sons were brought in under life sen- I
lenccs, a third son to serve seven H
venrs, and Charles Wilson, her second ..H
husband, to serve twenty five years. $ I
One of the sons serving a life sen-, H
tence died four years ago. The third I
son served out his sentence, and It' I
Is reported that he Is now serving a H
sentence in the Missouri penitentiary. I
The Slafflebacks lived near Galena, I
Kan . and were accused of numerous I
atrocious murders They ran a hotel I
and It was aliened that they murder- I
oil p-nests who had monev and threw
the bodies Into a deserted mine. A I
number Of skeletons were found on
the premises. I
CHICAGO THE WOOL CENTER. I
Warehouse Being Erected Which Will I
Accommodate 25.000,000 Pounds. I
Chicago The election of officers of I
the Warehouse ft Storage company I
and the laying of the cornerstone of I
an Immense warehouse, which, when I
completed, will accommodate 25,000,- I
imO pounds of wool, were two steps I
taken Wednesdftv In a movement to I
make this city thn wool center of the I
United Stales. H
J. I, Cosgrlff. of Rawlins, Wyo., I
wai chosen president; A. O. lyonard,
I'hicai'o, vice-president; It. n. Thorn- I
son. Chicago, secretary and treasurer. I
The building will occupy marly two I
acres Of ground. It llkelv will be I
ready for occupancy May in, In ample I
time to tnke care of this year's clip I
of wool. It Is proposed tn store at I
least 25,000,000 pounds of wool this I
season, and arrangements are under I
way to Increase the amount to 60,- I
000,000 pounds the second year I
PERISH IN STORM. I
One Man Dead and Five Mleelnji 1
After Terrific Gale. I
Albuquerque, N. M. This city was X
swept by a terrific gale on Wednea I
day, the wind attaining a velocity of "
sixty miles an hour. An unknown man
was found frozen to death a few
mlips south of town. The roof of the
Shortle Tr.ebrculosls sanitarium war
blown away and the new federal
building was badly damaged. Roth
buildings were under construction and
unoccupied. i
The storm was accompanied by a
rapid fail in temperature and It Is
feared that entile and sheep grazing , I
on the open plains suffered severely.
Ftve sheep herders abandoned their
Hocks and attempted to make their
way to the city Wednesday morning.
No trace of the men can be found and,
It Is feared they perished In the
storm. U
Girl Murdered by Robber.
Rail imnre. Jennie Reed, 21 years
old, wus murdered Monday night by
a hlghwaymun at Mount Washington,
a suburb. She and John Mueller, to
hom Bhe was engaged, were on the
way to visit friends. In u lonely
pluco they were stopped by a nvan
who called for their valuables. Muel- !
ler gave up what money he had, and 1
then tho highwayman demanded a
necklace worn by Miss Reed. She re.
plied by slapping his faou. He then
fired, the bullet striking the girl In
the head ?nd killing her.